Plant Assistant - Military Veterans

Job Description

Benefits & Compensation Package Includes:

• Hourly rate starting at $24.08 per hour
• Paid holidays and vacation time
• Group medical/pharmacy insurance options with company funded health care spending accounts
• Dental insurance & Vision insurance
• A 401k account with company matching contribution
• A robust Wellness program with financial rewards
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Options to purchase additional life insurance (employee, spouse, and child) and additional employee long-term disability insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition benefits including professional certifications
• Employee referral program

Job Summary:

Assists with operating, monitoring, and controls on a variety of industrial plant equipment to process, screen, store, and loadout lime and hydrated lime products.

• Maintains strong housekeeping standards and a clean work environment in the plant, which includes manual cleanup activities such as shoveling, sweeping, or use of small equipment.
• Performs basic maintenance and lubrication of plant equipment.
• Completes visual inspections and basic trouble shooting of process equipment.
• Operates a variety of mobile equipment.
• Able to run the hydrate and LLO to back up Plant Operator when needed.
• Proactively communicates efficiently with plant supervision to alert them of issues needing maintenance attention to avoid downtime.
• Backfills and assists other team members as needed.
• Able to work overtime and rotating shifts as required.
• Complies with all Carmeuse and MSHA required safety regulations and company policies including but not limited to proper use of PPE and LOTOTO (Lockout, Tagout, Tryout).

All other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Meet requirements for employment and the position.
• Willing and able to work rotating shifts, overtime when needed including nights and weekends.
• Able to fill in as needed during vacation, absences, and increased production demands.
• 2+ years of experience in industrial manufacturing (preferred)
• Previous experience within a plant environment (dust, dirt, all weather conditions, etc.)
• Successfully completion of safety, health, and task training
• Meets standards of performance.
• Safely replaces or assists other workers as needed.
• Safely performs other tasks as assigned by supervision or designated lead person.
• Ability to follow directions and work well in a team.

Overtime may be required as determined by management. Must be available to work weekends and on holidays

Knowledge:

• Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn industrial production equipment operation and maintenance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Basic computer skills and usable knowledge of Microsoft Office 365

Skills:

• LANGUAGE: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
• MATHEMATICAL: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Ability to communicate and work collaboratively with other departments and different levels within the organization.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions provided such accommodations to not create undue hardship to the company.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up 50+ pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; in outside weather conditions; and is frequently exposed to wet and or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, petroleum products, toxic or caustic chemicals, petroleum products, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, provided such accommodations do not create undue hardship to the company.

About Us



READY TO JOIN A ROCK-SOLID FAMILY?

Carmeuse started out as a small family-run business in Belgium.

Today it's a leading global producer of lime, high calcium limestone and dolomitic stone. Its products are essential to energy producers, environmental services, construction and manufacturing.

With over 90 production facilities spread across almost every continent, and over 4,500 employees working at Carmeuse every day, the company's most treasured resources are its people.

Carmeuse is dedicated to maintaining a workplace that fosters equal opportunity and creates a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. If you require particular assistance with any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you can submit your request by sending an email to hrsupport@carmeuse.com. This option is reserved for people requiring adaptation due to a disability. The information received will be processed by Carmeuse and then directed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure the proper consideration of the application or hiring process.


About the Team

You will be part of Carmeuse Americas, a Rock-Star team of 2500 workers and employees bringing with them their own culture and specific needs. The Americas headquarters are located in Pittsburgh, PA and have over three dozen production facilities across the Eastern U.S., Canada, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia.